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Listed compensation
$3,320/week
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
Shift: Day
Shifts per week
5
Hours per shift
8
Start Date: 11/02/2026
Length
13 weeks
Estimated total pay
$3,320/week
- Estimated taxable pay
- $1,840/week
- Estimated non-taxable stipends
- $1,480/week
- Details
- Occupational Therapist
- Shift: Mon-Fri 8:00 am-4:30 pm, will work one weekend per month
- Required Experience: Acute care (not acute inpatient rehab)
- Preferred Experience: Neuro/Concussion Outpatient Qualifications: B.S. (or higher) in Occupational Therapy,
- NYS licensure or eligible and 2 year of experience required
Must Successfully Pass Pre-employment Health Clearance
Duties: Administer Occupational Therapy as prescribed by a physician; determine specific goals for patient treatment through evaluation and consultation with health care professionals, patients
& families; process record keeping & related reports; attend designated clinics, rounds and conferences rendering patient information; interact with patient families; maintain equipment and supplies; may participate in educational programs for staff.
Key Responsibilities
Administer occupational therapy as prescribed by a physician and determine specific treatment goals through evaluation and consultation. Maintain accurate patient records, manage equipment, and collaborate with healthcare professionals and families.
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's degree or higher in Occupational Therapy and a valid New York State license. Candidates must have at least 2 years of experience and pass a pre-employment health clearance.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In New York, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$95k (271 salary observations; 820 listings), vs ~$96k nationally (4,563 salary observations; 25,028 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$125k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $116k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 40 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% have no call, 73% require no weekends.
Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
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Annual compensation range
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Share of similar jobs offering each benefit
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$96k-$141kWork-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,334 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- Includes weekends
Living in Syracuse
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $219k
- Typical market rent
- $1,541/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 18 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 95.7
- State income tax
- Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Syracuse, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.